Brassiere



S. BOSKY.

BRASSIHE. l APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27., i919. RENEWED AUG.'I6, 1921.

LSQLQG, Patendsept. 27, 19521.

' ma L -.1 n l. I I I l l /f l INVENTOR BY HER ATTORNEY UNITED STATESv SADIE IBOSKY,4 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 27, 1921.

Application filed February 27, 1919, Serial No. 279,658.' Renewed August 16 1921. Serial No. 492,874.

To all u-wm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, SADIE BosKY, of 1512 Union street, Brooklyn, New York, a citizen of the United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brassires, ofvwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an article of feminine wearin apparel commonly known as a brassire. s generally used, the brassire is worn over but above the corset for the purpose of confining and supporting the breasts and Iis for that reason a tight fitting garment. With the lowering of the corsets as decreed by modern fashion, the usefulness of the brassire has steadily increased. Large breasted women have found, however, that the brassire as now constructed does not materially reduce the size of the bust, but merely gives a neater appearance.

The main object of the invention is to construct an undergarment of this charactei` which will not only give the wearer a trim appearance but will materially reduce the apparent size of the bust by effecting a liattened appearance so desired by the average woman in place of the pronounced forward projection of thebreasts common to large breasted women. A further object of the invention is an improvement in the construction of brassires whereby the same may be more loosely worn and more ornately decorated, thereby eliminating the necessity for other undergarments such as corset covers, Camisoles and the like.

Referring to the drawings in which what are now considered the preferred forms of the invention are nouv shown: v

Figure l is a rear elevation of a brassire laid out flat. Y

Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the `manner in which the brassire is worn.

- ig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of l showing the construction of a pocket.

ig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. l of a modied form of the invention which is in seme respects preferable to the form shown in Fig. 1.

The brassire 1 may be constructed of any suitable material such as silk, satin, or cotton goods and is preferably formed with the usual top and bottom hems 2 and 3 with the opening preferably in the back. Any form of fastening such as hooks 4 and .that the a 5 may be used for fastening the garment around the wearer. Shoulder straps 6 and 7 may be sewed to the top hem 2 to suspend the garment from theshoulders. Darts 17 and 17 may also be provided under the arms for fitting the garment to the form of the wearer. Secured to the under side of the garment are a pair of pockets 8 and 9. The pockets are equi-distant from the longitudinal center of the garment with the tops 10 thereof preferably below the top 1l of the brassire. Preferably the pockets taper toward the bottom. The pockets are for the purpose and are designed to receive and confine the pendant breasts 12 of the wearer, the pockets serving to separatethe breasts and to draw them to either side of the chest thus effecting a flattened appearance and reducing the apparentsize of the bust. The pockets may be formed of the same maternil as the brassire itself and may be stitched thereto on the two sides and bottom in the usual manner with a hem 13 at the top.

In order to assist or further accentuate the drawing of the breasts to either side, I may design the pockets 8" and 9 (Fig. 4) for a brassire 1 with downwardly divergent inner edges 14 and 15. The angle of divergence may of course be varied to suit the individual requirements of the wearer being preferably greater for women with larger breasts'.

lIhe manner of use of my invention will be at once apparent from the foregoing description. The brassire is fitted around the wearer in the usual manner but care is taken to see that the pendantbreasts are confined within the or equivalent means it will at once be apparent that the brassire itself need not be made as tight fitting as an ordinarygarment of this character and that, therefore,'it may be worn without an overgarment such as a corset cover or camisole. i

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have herein described the y principle of operation of my invention, to-

gether with the apparatus, which I now consider to re resent the best embodiment thereof, but desire to have it understood paratus shown is only illustrative and that t e invention can be carried out by other means. Also, while it is designed to use the various features and elements in the pockets. By employing pockets the more general `p0 arable means for closing said brassire at the back of the wearer, said pockets being so 15 sitioned as to draw the breasts around and awa v from the middle of the chest, When'the brassire is fastened around the wearer.

2. A brassire es claimed in claim 1 in which the adjacent inner walls of the pockets 20 are downwardly divergentvfor the purpose set orth. i

In testimony whereof I haveaixed my signature.

.SADIE BOSKY. 

